By Patrick Bucquet, VP Capgemini Invent In the new metaversal economy, blockchain enables many kinds of transactions with a single source of truth. At the same time, the digital nature of the metaverse means it can create and contain many more assets than the physical ...
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Bitcoin & Blockchain
Bitcoin & Blockchain
By Srinivasan Seshadri, Global Head of Financial Services, HCLTech In 2021, internet users spent an average of 1 hour and 15 minutes daily on social media. Four years from now, 1 in 4 active internet users may spend at least 1 hour a day in ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 2, 2021 Ostrich cowboy boots. New. Paid by crypto. With apologies to Hemingway, who wrote the apocryphal six-word short story about baby shoes, it nicely describes PayPal’s full-fledged launch into cryptocurrency payments. Earlier this week, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman made the ...
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The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated disruption in the B2B payments marketplace and according to a new study from Juniper Research, it will be two years before business recovers its losses. The research shows how deep the disruption to business has been around the world ...
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When it comes to the benefits of automation in logistics, a big organization like Walmart can benefit hugely. With blockchain gaining mainstream acceptance, Walmart is investing $3.5 billion into its Canadian operations with the support of DLT Labs and other technology partners. DLT Labs recently launched ...
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A new study from Juniper Research predicts the total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022 from a COVID-related low of $27 trillion in 2020. This 30% growth will take two years for recovery following the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus ...
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While bitcoin has recovered value substantially in the past 30 days, rising last week above $10,000 in trading, adoption is also showing some encouraging signs based on the growth in bitcoin ATMs in the US and abroad. Bitcoin Depot recently reached 545 bitcoin ATMs in ...
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With the value of bitcoin rising this year, cryptocurrency is back on the radar of US investors and consumers, even if the whipsaw in market values is likely to give some a migraine. New research from Finder.com shows just how far cryptocurrency has come as ...
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China’s moves to advance artificial intelligence leadership are well-documented and reflected by the fact that 19 of the top 50 largest patent registrations in the AI space are Chinese companies. The three largest are still US companies – IBM with 3000 applications Microsoft (1955), and ...
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Facebook unveiled its plan for a new global digital currency called Libra and a financial system to change how money moves globally. It has the potential to transform how money is used around the world, how payments are made and could provide access to more ...
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